reaper9187 has asked for the
wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi everyone,
There's a particular problem thats been bugging me for quite a while now. I have to read a text file separated by all sorts of tabs and whitespaces. I need to read the strings individually and check values.
How do i remove the whitespaces/tabs and is it possible to compare the strings/values in each line individually ??? Eg: in the sample below, i have to check if value of LOHYST is >= 3. If yes , then print it else move on to the next string. Is it possible ?? Seeking your wisdom
I've attached a section of the file below